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24th September 2010, 10:36 #21
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Originally Posted by TMorelhttp://www.ALMrally.ru All about rally in Russian
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24th September 2010, 10:42 #22
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PH Sport is owned by Loeb?!
Anyway I think he referes to the championship, full time may be too much for him right now but that dosen't mean he will retire from rally, I remeber and interview few years ago where he talked about doing some rally's outside of the WRC.
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24th September 2010, 10:44 #23
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Originally Posted by Barreis
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24th September 2010, 11:14 #24
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During our rally, he said in an interview that he would stop already after this season, but that he need time to prepaire for the future, so he will drive 1 year more.
I think he is doing the right thing, its a tough life, much pressure lot of travelling, and after a few Championships already won, it cant be easy to find motivation.
What comes to come backs of old drivers, I dont think Grönholm was the one who was looking for a drive, more like that Prodrive wanted him to help them out in developing the car.Aja kovaa Pena.
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24th September 2010, 14:50 #25
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Loeb will retire : maybe, maybe not :
Eurosport.fr today :
Vous avez dit récemment : "La fin approche". Vous avez même déclaré dans la presse : "La bonne nouvelle est que je ne reviendrai plus jamais au Japon puisque le rallye n'est pas au calendrier en 2011" . Mais on ne connait pas le calendrier 2012… Est-ce que ça veut bien dire que vous allez prendre votre retraite fin 2011 ?
S.L. : (Petit temps de réflexion) Heu, je ne sais pas… En fait, j'ai toujours marché au feeling. Je me dis que je ne vais pas continuer éternellement, et que si ça m'a échappé comme ça, c'est que je vais faire 2011, et que pour la suite, je pense aujourd'hui que - peut-être - j'arrêterai après. Mais bon, en 2003 j'ai dit à ma mère : "Encore deux ans et c'est terminé !" Je marche au feeling. Si je suis dans le même état d'esprit fin 2011 qu'aujourd'hui, je continuerai. Mais il y a bien un moment où il faudra passer à autre chose.
http://www.eurosport.fr/rallye/passe...47/story.shtml
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24th September 2010, 16:23 #26
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Indeed, there's some amount of "maybe" in that interview.
Markku Alén, 1978 World Champion
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24th September 2010, 17:22 #27
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I can understand if Loeb retires after 2011 because he has nothing to prove in WRC anymore. Also Citroen has found new Seb and sooner or later their resources will be shifted from Loeb to Ogier. I think it is wise to retire before being treated as the 2nd driver.
Waiting for Subaru to come back to be :champion:
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25th September 2010, 00:28 #28
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Originally Posted by LaloJohn Vanlandingham
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Vive le Prole-le-ralliat
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25th September 2010, 18:40 #29
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Loeb's retirement is not a surprise. To be honest, in the past I expected him to retire even a bit earlier (after 2009 or 2010). Also in some ways it would be suitable to retire after 2010, because he is still winning - but with Ogier coming seriously good the younger man may well beat Loeb to the title next year. But then again perhaps Loeb wants to try out the new generation rally cars too before calling it a day.
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25th September 2010, 18:47 #30
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Ogier can wipe his a**..
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